Mary Cohen, Assistant Professor, Music Education Mary Cohen, community music column writer and director of the Oakdale Community Choir

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The first part of this week's column describes an upcoming free InterPlay Playshop from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in the Nebraska Room (No. 335) of the Iowa Memorial Union.

The second part details the 2013 Summer Songwriting Workshop at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, commonly known as Oakdale Prison, and explains the process for signing up for the guest list for the Dec. 12 Oakdale Prison Community Choir Concert.

InterPlay, founded by Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter, is a soulful practice and philosophy rooted in play. It uses simple, life-affirming practices that relieve ...